Feancois haeck



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERANcoIs HAEoK', 0E EEUssELs', BELGIUM.

REFmGERATINe-coNDENsER FOR olsTiLLERs.

\ Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,003, datedNorcmbcr 8, 1864.

To au zyhbm it may concern.-

` Be it known that I, FRANooIs HAECK, a subject of the King of Belgium,residing at Brussels,- Bclgium, have invented an ImprovedRefrigeratingfCondenser for Condensing the;

Vapors Produced in the Process of Distillation; and I do hereby decla-rethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of myinvention. l

Figure fl is a vertical section of the refrigerating-condenser. It iscomposed of .four ves- VVsels, a b c d, fitted to each other ataveryslight distance apart.

Between thesides'of the vesselsa b and those of the vessels crlrefrigerating-water circulates.- It enters continuously throughthefunnels e e', and issues continuously bypipesj ,fit/L '.Thevaporto-be condensedentersbya pipe, T", into a large jacket, b',froniwhich it spreads into the thin space contained between the sides ofthe Vessel Z c, 'which give it the form of anextremely thin cylindrical:film in contact on bothsides with refrigerativing-water, which isincessantly renewed, all,

in thin films. The liquid arising `from the condensation of vthe vaporfalls into the space contained between the .bottoms of b and c, andrises therein up to the height of the exit-pipe j in such manner that'the liquid remains inI the bottom of 4the apparatus sufficiently longto be reduced to the 'temperature of the'ad joining water, the stream'ofwhich surrounds -it on both sides.

In 'order to allow the air which the vapor may 'carrywith itvto escapefrom the space inwhich the condensation of the vapor takes `place,'thereisA immediately above the'level of the-condensed liquid a 'number ofpipes, o,

.which terminate at top ina vhorizonts'tl'' circu;v lar lpip'e, endingina vertical'pipe of solli-A cient size communicating at `the-top ofthe-'le'velof the water with .the external air. Byf

der that the sides thereof may be cleansed by ha'nd. The interiorsurfaces of the two vessels b c, which are in contact with the alco.hol, are tinned. The v breadth of the narrow spaces. for the water andthe vapor is varia.-

'ble, according `to the workto be performed, and the apparatus isconstructed accordingly,

retaining, however, the capability'o'f unfastening thevessels b c forcleansing. The alcoh'olic'liquid may also be allowed` to iow o utdirectly and) immediately, without remaining in the reservoir, by the"exit-pipe j. In -such case the air-pipes o are unnecessary, as the airescapes by the same pipe th rough which the alcoholic liquid arisingiromcondensation flows."

The apparatus may .be constructed of any dimensions as regards breadthand-height,

according ,to thehamountpf work to be `performed;

R is a cock for drawing off the liquid from b c at the end of theoperation. Fig. 2 is a'plan of the apparatus. Instead of the cylindricalform of the refrigerating-condenser, Figs. 1 and 2 any other form may beemployed,l if the other conditions of the construction of the .apparatusbe preserved. Thus, for example, the develop ment of a cylinder beingrectangular or ob'-` long, this refrigerating-condenser may beconstructed in the form represented in elevation in Fig. 3, in verticalsection in Fig. 4, in hori- -zontal section in' Fig. 5, and in plan inFig. 6.'

The outlets and inlets for the refrigerated element and therefrigerating element at top and bottom of theapparatus areA formedaccording to the arrangement shown 'in Fig. 1.

It is evident that the aerating-pipes o andl the exit-pipejfor-theliquid arising from the `condensed,vapor may be. ttedL--to' theapparatus, Figs. 3, 4, 5,. 6,'asjeasily as to 'tl'.eap'- 'paratus Figs'.`1 and 2.

i The construction'of the refriger'atlng condensin g apparatus of datrectangula'rforui may .be such that the four parts-.two'together `in .juxtapositionwhich forni the apparatus may `befentirely separated forcleansing. j The partsmay be 'united yby screwed bolts.

WhatI claim-as myinvention,and desire to secure by LettIersPatent,'isI 1. The refri" atingfco'ndenser hereinbefore chamber for thereception of the vapor to be 2. The combination of the aforesaid con-Condensed, and exposing broad condensingdenser with pipes for the escapeof air, subsurfuces, in such manner that the parts may stantially asset; forth.

he separated to permibthe condensing-surices In \\'it11ess\vhe1eof lllhave hereunto set my to he readily cleansed, the said condenser be hund.

ing provided with pipes for the supply and FRANCOIS HAECK. removal ofthel refrigerati11g-fluid and for the X-fitnessesz supply and removalol' the luid to he e011- T. 'Vm-NEUER@ h msed, nl]operatingsuhstnnt-inllyns set forth. h DAWJJN,

